The Big Bear Fire Department’s Office of the Fire Marshal provides fire hazard abatement inspections and services for the Big Bear Community. All properties within the Big Bear Valley are required to be in compliance with fire hazard and defensible space standards year-round. Inspections for fire hazard abatement generally begin during the early summer following the spring bloom and continue throughout the year with the goal to have properties prepared and fire safe before the height of fire season in the fall. Property owners failing to maintain their properties in compliance with fire hazard and defensible space standards may be subject to fine and other penalties.